Katy Perry’s ‘Teenage Dream’ Dethrones Eminem On The Album Chart

In the end all it took to end Eminem’s nonconsecutive eight-week reign at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 was one California gurl and her Teenage Dream. As Katy Perry’s sophomore album heads into the peak position on the main album chart following opening sales of 192,000, she’s trailed by Fantasia at #2 with Back To Me. This pushes Em’s Recovery down to #3.

Billboard points out that Teenage Dream is the first album by a female artist to hit #1 since Ke$ha’s Animal back in January. It also beats Katy Perry’s #9 chart peak with her 2008 debut One Of The Boys. Still, the opening sales have been deemed disappointing by Entertainment Weekly’s Music Mix. “How come those major hits [“California Gurls” and “Teenage Dream”] didn’t translate into equally strong album sales?” the site ponders. Perhaps kiddies were spending their back-to-school cash on pencils and notebooks?